Kumi Sawyers

For Kumi, yoga was a natural progression, it seemed to have just her along the way. Coming from a dance background movement has always been a part of her life, and the one thing that grounded her. She took her first yoga class when she was seventeen and continued to practice for years to follow. It wasn't until she moved to Los Angeles in 2002, where she took her first Anusara Yoga class, did she truly come to understand and love yoga. Yoga became her perfect practice, a means of tuning herself to the rhythms around her, aligning with nature. She went on to study with two of the most inspirational Anusara teachers, Desiree Rumbaugh with whom she did her teacher training, and John Friend the founder of Anusara. Though she contributes most of her consistent learning to Peter Barnett her wonderful teacher in Los Angeles. Kumi has also completed a yoga therapy training, and has moved back to the area where she is studying massage therapy at The Body Therapy Institute in Siler City.